OLN Open Source Pilot Program
Scott Siddall – Denison University
Cable Green – Ohio Learning Network

Background
OLN’s Emerging Technologies Committee
“Explore and test”
42 OLN member institutions
No cost to the institutions
Authentic pilot: more than a “test drive”
November, 2005 kickoff

Why open source?
Flexibility
More eyes = fewer bugs
Excellent support options
Control = customization, integration
No vendor lock-in
Reallocated costs
…and more

Technical structure
Sakai 2.0.1
Moodle 1.5
uPortal 2.5.1
Central Authentication Service
Drupal for content management
100% open source

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Sustaining community
Face-to-face training
Monthly online conferences
Threaded discussion board
General forum as well as Support FAQs
Listserv

Roadmap
November 2005:  OS Pilot begins with Sakai, Moodle, uPortal
January 2006:  Training (f2f)
March 2006:  Integration of Open Source Portfolio into Sakai
April 2006:  Training (f2f)
December 2006:  Program ends
Tool sandbox…a test bed for new tools and features

Let’s take a look…
uPortal
Sakai
Moodle

uPortal

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Sakai

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Open source it all!
Software
Documentation
Training
…..

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Moodle

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Open Source Portfolio

Questions? Answers?